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As the NCAA has often stated in its commercials that run during March Madness, 98 percent of student athletes (more than 450,000 annually) go pro in something other than sports. But having spent so much of their varsity days on the field or in the training room, some graduates haven’t received as much exposure to the business world. Enter Beast Mode.
Retired NFL star Marshawn Lynch has teamed up with Endeavor and digital sports platform Overtime for a free, two-week online course designed to be a boot camp for a career on the business side of sports or entertainment. Although Level Up: An Athlete Accelerator Program is open to anyone interested in such jobs (registration is available at the Endeavor Impact website), it will focus on serving current and former athletes as well as participants from historically excluded backgrounds. As the official nonprofit partner of Level Up,...
As the NCAA has often stated in its commercials that run during March Madness, 98 percent of student athletes (more than 450,000 annually) go pro in something other than sports. But having spent so much of their varsity days on the field or in the training room, some graduates haven’t received as much exposure to the business world. Enter Beast Mode.
Retired NFL star Marshawn Lynch has teamed up with Endeavor and digital sports platform Overtime for a free, two-week online course designed to be a boot camp for a career on the business side of sports or entertainment. Although Level Up: An Athlete Accelerator Program is open to anyone interested in such jobs (registration is available at the Endeavor Impact website), it will focus on serving current and former athletes as well as participants from historically excluded backgrounds. As the official nonprofit partner of Level Up,...
- 6/15/2022
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actress and co-founder of the Honest Company (a consumer wellness products firm) Jessica Alba, has become a Yahoo board member. Alba was chosen from a group of tech, media, finance, sports entertainment and private equity.
Yahoo selected a group of all-inclusive group of leaders to support its new era of growth and transformation. According to Reuters author Alba will be joined by Aryeh Bourkoff, the chief executive officer of LionTree, Fouad ElNaggar, the CEO of tech firms Array and Sapho, Michael Kives, founder of investment firm K5 Global, Katie Stanton, who has served in executive operating roles at Twitter and Google, and Cynthia Marshall, the CEO of American basketball team Dallas Mavericks.
“As we enter into a new era of Yahoo, establishing a powerful board of directors with strategic knowledge of diverse industries will drive greater growth, innovation, and scale,” said Jim Lanzone, Chief Executive Office at Yahoo Lanzone said in the announcement.
Yahoo selected a group of all-inclusive group of leaders to support its new era of growth and transformation. According to Reuters author Alba will be joined by Aryeh Bourkoff, the chief executive officer of LionTree, Fouad ElNaggar, the CEO of tech firms Array and Sapho, Michael Kives, founder of investment firm K5 Global, Katie Stanton, who has served in executive operating roles at Twitter and Google, and Cynthia Marshall, the CEO of American basketball team Dallas Mavericks.
“As we enter into a new era of Yahoo, establishing a powerful board of directors with strategic knowledge of diverse industries will drive greater growth, innovation, and scale,” said Jim Lanzone, Chief Executive Office at Yahoo Lanzone said in the announcement.
- 6/14/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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Yahoo appointed six new members, including The Honest Company founder and actress Jessica Alba and LionTree founder Aryeh Bourkoff, to its board of directors on Monday.
Other incoming board members include Fouad ElNaggar, the CEO of Array and the former chief strategy officer at CBS Interactive; Michael Kives, the CEO of K5 Global; Cynthia Marshall, the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks; and Katie Stanton, the founder and general partner of Moxxie Ventures.
“As we enter into a new era of Yahoo, establishing a powerful board of directors with strategic knowledge of diverse industries will drive greater growth, innovation, and scale,” Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone said. “I look forward to working with this group to continue to create and innovate for our millions of consumers, advertisers, and media partners worldwide.”
The board appointments come a year after Verizon sold Yahoo, along with AOL and Verizon’s media assets,...
Yahoo appointed six new members, including The Honest Company founder and actress Jessica Alba and LionTree founder Aryeh Bourkoff, to its board of directors on Monday.
Other incoming board members include Fouad ElNaggar, the CEO of Array and the former chief strategy officer at CBS Interactive; Michael Kives, the CEO of K5 Global; Cynthia Marshall, the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks; and Katie Stanton, the founder and general partner of Moxxie Ventures.
“As we enter into a new era of Yahoo, establishing a powerful board of directors with strategic knowledge of diverse industries will drive greater growth, innovation, and scale,” Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone said. “I look forward to working with this group to continue to create and innovate for our millions of consumers, advertisers, and media partners worldwide.”
The board appointments come a year after Verizon sold Yahoo, along with AOL and Verizon’s media assets,...
- 6/13/2022
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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